John Taylor, Department of Geoscience, coauthored an article in the Journal of Sedimentary Research that provides a new, unconventional interpretation of small (1-2m), shale-based and limestone-capped sedimentary cycles in rocks of Cambrian age in the Rocky Mountain and northern mid-continent regions as the products of short-term rises in sea level.

Thomas Gerber, Department of Geoscience, served as a delegate to the fifth meeting of Young Researchers in Earth Science (MYRES V), held August 8–12, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For the second time in four years, IUP’s Earth and Space Science Education program has been reviewed and found to meet the exacting standards required for accreditation by the National Science Teachers Association.

The first Planetarium Show of the 2012–2013 academic year, “Discoveries from the Moon,” will be conducted by Ken Coles on September 22, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.